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grecy · 2020-03-22 · Original thread
If you enjoy tales of Antarctic (mis)adventure, and adventure stories in general, I highly, highly recommend "The World Journey in the World" by Apsley Cheery-Garrared [1], the tale of Scott's ill-fated 1910-1913 attempt to be the first to reach the South pole by one of the men with him.

It is easily the most unbelievable account of adventure ever written, I genuinely have never read anything I would consider even a distant 5th place. I honestly don't think humans will come close to anything like it until we start exploring other worlds.

[1] https://www.amazon.com/Worst-Journey-World-Apsley-Cherry-Gar...

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